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An Acinetobacter baumannii acyltransferase represses pilin production to maintain energy homeostasis and overcome nutritional immunity

The study identifies the *Acinetobacter baumannii* acyltransferase AimS as a critical factor in overcoming host nutritional immunity by repressing pili production and biofilm formation via the regulator CsuR, thereby conserving cellular ATP to maintain energy homeostasis and ensure bacterial fitness during respiratory infection.

Eric Skaar, Dillon Kunkle, Owen Burroughs, Christopher Corcoran2026-06-30
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Aging reprograms the functional, epigenetic, and metabolic landscape of macrophages

This study reveals that aging actively reprograms macrophages through coordinated shifts in epigenetics, metabolism, and function—characterized by reduced cytokine responsiveness, altered lipid metabolism, and phenotype-specific changes—rather than simply causing functional decline, thereby offering a new framework for understanding inflammaging and age-related diseases.

Manasa Suresh, Francisco Tapia Belmonte, Bryan T. Weselman, Xintang Li, Marie Durr, Isabella Duchovny, Yanitza Gutierrez (…)2026-06-30
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Multi-state modeling associates proliferation genes with early estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer recurrence and survival

This study utilizes multi-state modeling to demonstrate that high baseline expression of proliferation-related genes is significantly associated with early recurrence and subsequent mortality in high-risk estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer, whereas late recurrence is linked to distinct signaling pathways.

Yongzhe Wang, Christine Quinones, Irene Kang, Hope Rugo, Ernest Martinez, Victoria Seewaldt, Joanne Mortimer, Aritro Nat (…)2026-06-30
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Single-Cell Foundation Models in Biotechnology: A Scoping Review and Bibliometric Analysis of Multimodal AI for Cell-State, Perturbation, and Biomarker Prediction

This scoping review and bibliometric analysis of 1,042 studies reveals that while single-cell foundation models are rapidly expanding in biotechnology, the field suffers from inconsistent reproducibility, poor benchmark rigor, and a lack of open resources, with simple baselines often proving competitive against complex architectures.

Behin Omidi, Mohammmad Mahdi Hemati Aalm, Arshia Farmahini Farahani, Amir Reza Hassan Poor Barkadehi2026-06-30
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Identification of Differentially Expressed Genes Related to UFMylation Modifications in Periodontitis: Integrated Insights from Transcriptomics and Clinical Experiments

This study integrates transcriptomic analysis, machine learning, and clinical validation to identify C4A, GANAB, and TUBA4A as key UFMylation-related diagnostic biomarkers for periodontitis, elucidating their roles in immune and metabolic pathways and proposing potential therapeutic targets.

Changqing Mu, Juan Liu, Kaining Liu, Xiaofeng Huang2026-06-30
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Timing of menstrual cups to prevent transition from optimal to not optimal vaginal microbiome community state type: Results from a 6.5-year prospective observational cohort

In a 6.5-year prospective cohort study of Kenyan secondary schoolgirls, menstrual cup use significantly reduced the risk of transitioning from an optimal *L. crispatus*-dominant vaginal microbiome to a non-optimal state, suggesting that providing cups before sexual debut is crucial for maintaining vaginal health.

Supriya Mehta2026-06-30
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Ethnicity-Stratified Inflammatory Phenotyping Using GMM Clustering and XGBoost Regression: A Cross-Ethnicity Nearest-Neighbour Framework for Precision CRP Estimation in NHANES 2017–2023

This study utilizes a two-stage machine learning framework combining GMM clustering and XGBoost regression on NHANES 2017–2023 data to reveal that macronutrient-driven CRP responses vary significantly by metabolic phenotype and ethnicity, highlighting a "Fibre-Resilience Paradox" in Non-Hispanic Black populations and advocating for a stratified precision nutrition approach.

Anshul Iyer, Vania Sharma2026-06-30
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EEG Signal Variance as a Biomarker for Ictal State Classification: Subject-Level Validation of a Random Forest Classifier using the University of Bonn Dataset

This study demonstrates that EEG signal variance is a robust biomarker for distinguishing ictal states and validates that a Random Forest classifier, trained on the University of Bonn dataset with strict subject-level data partitioning to prevent leakage, achieves high accuracy (96.2%) and sensitivity (98.3%) in seizure detection.

Md. Ahasanul Al Hasib Ayon2026-06-30
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Differential Signaling in Adaptive Immunity: Deciphering the Mechanism to Identify the Physical and Evolutionary Bases of Non‑Self

This paper proposes a mechanophysical framework identifying differential mechanical displacement as the fundamental variable enabling adaptive immune receptors to discriminate self from non-self by measuring abrupt deviations in physical force fields at amino acid resolution, thereby unifying humoral and cellular recognition through a progressive decision cascade that resolves long-standing paradoxes in immune specificity.

Yasir Arafat Maassoom2026-06-30